The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 12

PAGES TODAY. City Delays Decision On Lake Survey Final decision on the type of contour mapping of Lake Decatur will be deferred until Monday's meeting of the City Council. The Council met today with Lindell D. Hale, chief engineer of the Abrams Aerial Survey Company, the firm originally contacted to make the contour maps on a $40,000 contract. A formal contract with the Abrams firm was held up on request of Finance Commissioner Don F.

Davis, who wanted the Council to study possible use of similar maps of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Davis pointed out the immediate need for contour maps was the acquisition of land in the Big Creek area for a future reservoir. The Abrams engineer agreed that less accurate and less detailed maps would be adequate for this purpose.

Hale told the council that for any future use, however, the maps prepared by his firm are more accurate and convenient, and. "would prove more economical in the long run." "There little doubt in my mind." Davis said, "that we can use the coast and geodetic survey maps." Hale explained to the Council the mechanics of map making used by his firm, and compared the Abrams maps with the others. The Abrams firm makes their contour maps from aerial photographs wherever possible. Hale said his firm had completed about a third 1 of the ground control work on maps of the lake. They were to be finished by November 1.

SCHOOL CLAIMS Reimbursement of $81,038 Asked for Transportation Claims totalling $81,038.20 for state reimbursement on transportation costs were submitted yesterday by Macon County Schools. Macon County Supt. of Schools Robert B. Ernest said six of the county's nine school districts made higher claims this vear, indicating increased enrollments among pupils living one and a half miles or more from their schools. The total claims last vear were $73.994.80.

Claims from Decatur and Mount Zion school districts were up about $3,000 each this year as compared to 1953. Maroa, Macon, Blue Mound and Warrensburg Austin Latham-Kennev community unit districts claimed smaller increases and Argenta, Lakeview and Niantic claims were slightly under those of 1953. Transportation reimbursement claims from each district are: Argenta, $7,828.80 Maroa, $5,584.40 Mount Zion, $11,040. Lakeview. $8,502.20 Macon, $5,684.40 Niantic, $8.383.60 Blue Mound, $5,253.20 W-A-L-K, $12,413.20 Decatur, $64.698.80.

EXPECTANT MOTHER HURT WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS Mrs. Patrick McMahon, 18, of 1911 N. Graceland received minor injuries about 3 a. m. today when the car in which she was riding turned over on West Lake Shore Drive.

She and her husband were riding with another couple. The driver of the car, Jack Hardy, 21, of 2580 E. Garfield said he was headed south when another car passed him and forced him off the road. In trying to turn the car back onto the road, he lost control and the auto turned over. There were no other injuries.

Mrs. McMahon, an expectant moth er, is in St. Mary's Hospital. Decatur police are looking for the unknown driver of the other car. Hardy could give no description of the car.

Other passengers in the Hardy car were Patrick McMahon, 19, and Mrs. Hardy, 20. ARGENTA SCHOOLS GET ROBERT F. CARR GIFT Five acres of land east of Argenta and about $1,200 in cash from the Robert F. Carr estate have been turned over to the Argenta board of education by the now-defunct township board of trustees.

Willed to the school district in the early 1900's, the acreage has provided about $150 per year income for buying books for the Robert F. Carr Memorial Library in the Argenta Grade School. The land and unspent cash was turned over to the board when the township boards were abolished the first of this month. NAACP Meeting Monday The regular meeting of the Decatur branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be at 8 p.m. Monday in the Elks Hall, 251 E.

Macon St. THE DECATUR Police Seek Man Wounded In Holdup A statewide search is now in progress for Clarence P. Plvler of Rural Route 4, Decatur, who was injured in a gun battle with state police troopers about 3:30 a. m. today in Fillmore.

State police report that Plyler was caught trying to rob a Fillmore hardware store. Several shots were fired, and he was reported cornered in a nearby field by police. A later report indicated he had escaped. Plvler was reported driving a 1950 Frazer which he owned in partnership with Harold W. Broughton of 2239 E.

Geddes St. Plyler was convicted of burglary, and was paroled from state prison in June, 1951. Council Gives Van Praag Job On Water Main The City Council picked Warren Van Praag, Inc. yesterday to prepare plans for an $80.000 water main project in the South Shores area. The Council's action, in an executive session, followed earlier opposition of three members to giving the job to Chastain-Francis Associates.

Mavor Robert E. Willis, announcing the decision, declined comment on the reason for selecting Warren Van Praag. It was believed, however, that the argument against the ChastainFrancis proposal was the same as before- partner in the firm is a brother of Water Commissioner Homer L. Chastain. Asked if the vote were unanimous Mayor Willis said he stopped a canvass of the Council when a majority favored Warren Van Praag.

This was seen as an indication that the same. three commissioners, Don F. Davis, Cody R. Holmes and Lyle Kirbv, continued their opposition to Chastain-Francis. But Davis said he considered the vote unanimous "bv tacit agreement." The amount of engineering fees involved in the two proposals, in the neighborhood of $5.000 to $6,000, reportedly was not a major consideration in the decision.

Commissioner Chastain did not take part in the discussion, though he was present. Court Studies Picketing Ban A request for an anti -picketing injunction against members of the Building and Trades Council was taken under advisement by Circuit Court Judge Grover Watson after a hearing this morning. Three firms filed the injunction request Wednesdav after a picket line was set up at Southland Heights Addition by the AFL council Mondav. Union members are protesting the use of non-union personnel by the J. J.

Swartz Company contractors. The other firms are the Tri-State Developers, which owns lots in the addition and the Traders Real Estate Company which is also constructing homes in the area. The complainants asked for a temporary injunction against picketing by the union, on the grounds that suppliers would not deliver construction materials through the picket line. They also alleged that the sole purpose of the pickets was to coerce employes of the three firms to join the union, and was illegal. The Building and Trades Council claimed that the picketing was completely legal, and they had a right to protest the "unfair of using non-union labor.

Office Entered A break- at the Mileham Realty Company, 1017 N. Water reported to Decatur police at 6:35 a. m. todav. Nothing was stolen, but the interior of the office was ransacked, police report.

The burglars gained entrance by removing a rear window of the building. The contents of the safe, which was unlocked, were strewn about the office and the desk drawers had been ransacked. Elmer leader at signed. him, and leader at REVIEW Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, July 17, 1954. Unbalanced County Pay Under Study Weather Anxiety Many a weather and WOTried face paused during the heat wave to peer through The Herald and Review office window at the recording thermometer.

Stray Scraps Far-Flung Empire Insuranceman William E. Wieland, who invested in a inch Texas "ranch" with Review Sports Writer Glen R. Cooper several weeks ago, has expanded his. empire with one square inch of the Santa Claus North Pole Subdivision, North Pole, Alaska, sold under the slogan, "A toehold in the North." Big Mrs. M.

J. was passing play of a big, she overheard mother if the Big Window Size sized picture windows. Low Blood Pressure? Dills, 652 W. Macon a store-window dis42-inch attic fan when a small bov ask his big fan was for over- A comfortable-looking matron cornered a clerk in a downtown store to complain that, "Just when it gets hot enough for me to really enjoy it, you people turn on the air Blush Pink? A coffee salesman at the County Building lunch counter had an answer for comments about his bright pink sports shirt: "My wife bought it," he explained. "which proves she has better taste in men than she does in shirts." Throw This Coupon Away A "thrifty coupon" in a newsad offered 25-cent children's paper polo shirt, with coupon, 31 cents (limit two to a customer).

Well? The index for Monday's Review listed amusements on page 7, where readers found a seven-column beer ad. One More Slip A vacationing Decatur resident who doesn't deserve to remain nameless was walking down a Colorado mountain with his wife. The rocks started breaking away beneath her feet. She screamed. He hurried to her: "What's the matter?" "I was falling." "Humph.

Don't scream again unless vou really Apropos A letter from the public relations department of Seagram Distillers Corporation was signed by Karl Vineyard. LONG SWIM Wally Reid, 20. of Jersey City, N. J. tried a 7-mile swim in Lake Decatur vesterdav afternoon.

He left the County Bridge about 1:25 p. passed Nelson Park Bridge on the way to Faries Park, but gave up the return trip when evening came on and he got cold. He is visiting Ronald Wilson, 1240 S. Silas who accompanied him in the rowboat with Howard Ogden of 1156 S. Silas St.

The Review sponsored bridge-to-bridge swims in 1926, 27 and 28. Byron Doren swam from the William Street Bridge to Lost Bridge, miles in two hours, six minutes in 1928.1 Freda Combs swam from Faries Park to Lost Bridge, miles, in four hours. Reid and Wilson were! discharged from the Navy Monday. Check Charge Check Charge Mrs. Verna Robinson, 19, of 2283 E.

Eldorado St. pleaded guilty in County Court to an information charging her with obtaining money under false pretenses. County Judge Gus Greanias scheduled a hearing for Aug. 5 on Mrs. Robinson's application for probation.

In the information Mrs. Robinson was charged with cashing a worthless $60 check at the Stewart Dry Goods Company on March 5. Three Macon Countv officials, the circuit clerk, the recorder and the auditor, will be working for far less than others starting next year, unless the County Board provides a remedy. Under new salary limits fixed by statute, the county clerk, county treasurer and sheriff to be elected Nov. 2 will receive at least $6,000, which would be a raise of $2,500 a year.

But, salaries for Circuit Clerk Harry R. Butt, County Auditor Henry M. Novak and County Recorder William Maddox were fixed at $3,500 before they were elected in 1952, and their salaries cannot be increased during their four-year terms of office. The same situation exists in other counties and supervisors in many of them are attempting to find a way to make adjustments legally. The Macon County Board can fix the salaries for the county clerk, sheriff and treasurer at anv point between $6,000 and $9,000 a vear.

The general belief is that the $6,000 figure will be approved. One suggestion is that the pay of the circuit clerk, auditor and recorder could be increased by establishing additional job titles for them for the next two years and pay each of them $2,500 a year to supplement the $3,500 they are now receiving. Under this plan, it is suggested that Circuit Clerk Butt might be given the extra assignment of librarian for the County Building law library, that Recorder Maddox could be designated supervisor of the photostat room, and that Auditor Novak could be made supervisor of the employes retirement fund, with an appropriation of $2,500 made in each of the next two years for each of the three jobs. The fees and salary committee and the finance committee of the County Board are expected to consider the question and be ready to make recommendations when the new salaries are set in the September meeting of the County Board. Battered Bargain Ballot J.

Fred Richter, who has charge of the Macon County voters registration office, inspects one of the 100 battered ballot boxes the County bought from a salvage company in Kansas Citv, at Permits For Rural Homes Drop Sharply Although estimated costs of new construction in rural and suburban areas of Macon County continued high during the first half of Julv, there was a sharp drop in permits for new residences. Onlv 12 residence permits were issued. In June there were 56 residence permits. The 17 permits issued under county zoning during the first half of July call for $274,600 in construction, including $89,000 for a General Electric Company warehouse addition and $76,000 for an addition to the Boodv Grade School. In June, there were 67 permits for a total of $500,100 in construction.

APPELL FOUND INNOCENT ON LARCENY CHARGE Carl B. Appell, 25, of 455 W. Eldorado St. yesterday was found innocent of a charge of grand larcenv after trial before Justice Ernest Booker. David M.

Coleman, of the Decatur Television House had accused Appell of the theft of a $200 televison set on lune 27. In the trial vesterday, which was taken on a change of venue from the court of Police Magistrate E. A. Schroeder, Appell testified that he was buying the set and denied taking it. Justice Booker ruled that the evidence in the case was insufficient.

Cars Collide Occupants escaped injury when two cars crashed at Church and Green Streets at 1:28 p. m. yesterdav. Police reported the southbound car of Miss Barbara J. Kunzman, 1049 N.

35th was struck by the westbound car of Fred Gordon of 1076 N. Oakdale Ave. With the Sick Stephen E. McDaniel, 2160 N. Main is a patient at Decatur and Macon County Hospital.

He may not have visitors. Waitress, Locked In Cold Storage Room, Gets Hot About It Mondav the bandages probably will be taken off the hand of Mrs. Agnes Danford, and then perhaps she'll have a respite from explaining to her customers at The Surrey Restaurant just what happened to her. Mrs. Danford was accidentally locked in the cold storage locker of the restaurant, 134 E.

Prairie Tuesday when another emplove saw the door open and thought the locker was empty. She was in the semi-freezing temperature about half an hour before her friend and fellow-waitress, Norma Shelton, suspected trouble and located the prisoner. In the meantime, Mrs. Danford had injured her right hand pounding for help. Boxes $1.50 each.

The boxes will be used for Blue Ballots cast in the Nov. 2 election. These ballots carry proposals for amendments to the Illinois Constitution. (Herald and Review Photo) Glen T. White Former Deputy Dies in Crash Glen T.

White, 39, former deputy sheriff and custodian of the Macon County Home in 1945 and 1946. died carly today at Dunn. N. C. of injuries received in an auto accident near there vesterdav, according to information received by his mother, Mrs.

Bertha White of Argenta. There were no details of the accident. White, a captain of Field Artillerv in World War I1. had operated the Dunn-Rite Bakery at Dunn for the past six vears. He had been attending classes at a nearby college since the first of the year, and was reportedly enroute to or from the college.

apparently driving alone, at the time of the accident. Born June 11, 1915. in Argenta, White was the son of Bertha and the late George White. He married Alice Draughn of Dunn in 1944. They had two children, Barbara.

7, and Martha, 3. Also surviving are six brothers and sisters, Mrs. Florence Mansfield, Mrs. Mabel Goken, Howard and George of Argenta, Mrs. Helen McTaggart, Austin, and Alva, Bloomfield, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held in Dunn Mondav. 1,500 CELEBRATE Niantic Centennial Observance Ends Tonight Some 1.500 Niantic Centennial celebrants, some from as far as New York and California, joined in opening day festivities vesterday. A total of 1.239 were served in the fish fry vesterday evening, followed by crowning of the Centennial royalty, entertainment, a style show and costume contest. Horseshoe pitching, a parade, and beard judging were on today's program. An exhibition square dance and other entertainment will close the celebration tonight.

Eaton Estate Norman O. Eaton, Niantic farmer who died June 30, left an estate of $43,000, his will filed in County Court vesterdav showed. Bulk of the estate is bequeathed to a brother, Edgar, also of Niantic. Bequests of $100 each are made to four sisters. Cerro Gordo Ferris Wheel A hand-carved miniature ferris wheel, on exhibition at the Cerro Gordo Junior Fair today, draws the attention of Laurel Schniepp, 5, of Cerro Gordo.

The ferris wheel and a set of miniature car- A passerby was intrigued with this tall plant growing in a front vard at 327 S. Franklin which he identified as "mullein weed," listed as an herb with a confusing number of American and European varieties. It has course, woolly leaves. The common variety is called mullein dock. The European variety has pink blooms and is sometimes cultivated as the rose campion.

The American mullein foxglove has vellow tubular flowers. Hair Snake Mullein Mrs. Walter Campbell of Rural Route 1 found this "hair. snake" in a watering pan, where her chicks were trying mightily to puli it out of the water. Mr.

Campbell brought it in to Stray Scraps: "I don't know what they live on, whether its got eves, nose. mouth or Sometimes found in livestock watering tanks, the dictionary lists it as the hair worm, any of several types of very slender worms, often called hair snakes. Is Hand Carved nival swings, both powered by a small steam engine, were carved by Homer Cripe of Cerro Gordo, a retired Wabash Railroad emplove. a Cool This cool but immodest outfit was modeled in a downtown store heat. Lost? A street sign was given a scarecrow look by this ladies jacket, possibly abandoned in the heat wave.

A passerby found the lost jacket and tossed it over the street sign at Cantrell and Illinois streets. A prankster put flowers in the sleeves. Moose Give $500 to Park The Moose Lodge presented a Park Adult Club, William check to Monroe Park last rich, Moose Lodge governor, and night for playground equipment. R. Zink Sanders of the Park Left to right are Jack Walker of Board.

the Recreation Board, Robert (Herald and Review Photo) Gross, president of the Monroe IKE DIAL, 73, MACON, ILL TWO WEEKS, DIES Ike Dial, 73, of Rural Route 2, Macon, died at 2:10 a. m. today in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He had been seriously ill about two weeks, in failing health for several years. The son of the late William and Lizzie Dial, he was born July 15, 1881, at Mainville.

Tenn. His wife, the former Martha Elnora Miller, preceded him in death. Mr. Dial, a retired farmer, had lived in Macon 14 vears. He previously lived in the Kenney area.

He leaves the following children: Henry and Kenneth, Decatur; Willis M. and Carl Chicago; Swanie, Braidwood: and Mrs. Georgia Mills, Rome, O. He also leaves two brothers, John, of Michigan, and Bill, LaFollette, and a sister, Jane, also of La Follette. Services will be a 3 p.

m. Monday in the J. J. Moran Sons Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Kennev.

Friends may call after 1 p. m. Sunday. GIRL, 3, SEVERELY BURNED IN TRASH FIRE SWIM Karen Sue Stull, 3, of 1212 E. Leafland Ave.

was severelv burned at 11:45 a. m. vesterdav when she got too close to a trash fire at her home. The child, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Stull, remains in St. Mary's Hospital for treatment of chest, face and hand burns. She was reported resting well todav. Her father John, 24, was released from the hospital after treatment of hand burns received when he smothered the fire in the child's clothing. Ward Estate William P.

Ward, who died July 5 in Decatur, left an estate of 200, his will filed yesterday in County Court showed. St. Patricks Catholic Church is bequeathed $1,000, St. James Catholic Church $500, and the Ursuline Sisters of St. Teresa $500 under terms of the will.

Mrs. Anna Schoenle, a sister, was bequeathed Mr. Ward's home at 1536 E. Main as well as the remainder of the estate. Pension Club.

Meets The American Golden Age Pension Club No. 7 will have an allday meeting beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Modern Woodmen Hall, N. Main St. Leader Resigns Leader Resigns Jacobs, night plavground Johns Hill Park, has reHarry Carlson will succeed will continue as davtime Grant School playground.

With the Sick David Ellis, 1514 E. Marietta is a patient in St. Mary's Hospital. He may have visitors..